Endzone Mock Draft ’14 – Round 1/3
Rieccoci all’annuale gioco delle previsioni in vista del Draft NFL, che si aprirà tra poco meno di tre settimane in quel di New York.
Il fermento tra gli appassionati sale di ora in ora, e per questo non potevo esimermi dal lanciare il mio annuale Mock per il Magazine.
Questa volta ho deciso per una maggiore schematicità senza entrare nel merito delle singole scelte e sorvolando circa le caratteristiche tecniche e atletiche dei futuri rookie. Questo per dare un quadro più sintetico ed immediato dei primi 3 round, perchè chi è avvezzo a questo gioco previsionale conosce già bene le esigenze dei 32 Team Pro e ha come minimo un’idea panoramica dei prospetti 2014 che saranno chiamati, tra l’8 e il 9 maggio prossimo, dal palco del Radio City Music Hall di NYC.
Note: A) Non ho previsto alcuna trade; B) Le pick segnate con l’asterisco (*) indicano le scelte compensatorie.
Quindi partiamo, anticipando che nel mio personalissimo scenario il miglior DE sul board (e forse il migliore in assoluto dai tempi di Julius Peppers, draft 2002) non sarà la prima scelta assoluta; e sempre nel mio immaginario i Raiders ci delizieranno ancora una volta con una trovata delle loro.
Buon divertimento.
ENDZONE MOCK DRAFT ’14
– ROUND 1 –
1) Houston Texans – Blake Bortles, QB, UCF
2) St. Louis Rams [from Washington] – Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M
3) Jacksonville Jaguars – Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
4) Cleveland Browns – Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson
5) Oakland Raiders – Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
6) Atlanta Falcons – Jadevon Clowney, DE, South Carolina
7) Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M
8) Minnesota Vikings – Khalil-Mack, DE/OLB, Buffalo
9) Buffalo Bills – Greg Robinson, OT, Auburn
10) Detroit Lions – Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State
11) Tennessee Titans – Anthony Barr, DE, UCLA
12) New York Giants – Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh
13) St.Louis Rams – Calvin Pryor, S, Louisville
14) Chicago Bears – Ha ha Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama
15) Pittsburgh Steelers – Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State
16) Dallas Cowboys – Timmy Jernigan, DT, Florida State
17) Baltimore Ravens – Taylor Lewan, OT, Michigan
18) New York Jets – Eric Ebron, TE, UNC
19) Miami Dolphins – Zack Martin, OG, Notre Dame
20) Arizona Cardinals – Demarcus Lawrence, DE, Boise State
21) Green Bay Packers – C.J. Mosley, LB, Alabama
22) Philadelphia Eagles – Darqueze Dennard, CB, Michigan State
23) Kansas City Chiefs – Odell Beckham Jr., WR, LSU
24) Cincinnati Bengals – Ryan Shazier, LB, Ohio State
25) San Diego Chargers – Kyle Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech
26) Cleveland Browns [from Indianapolis], Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
27) New Orleans Saints – Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri
28) Carolina Panthers – Brandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State
29) New England Patriots – Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington
30) San Francisco 49ers – Marqise Lee, WR, USC
31) Denver Broncos – Xavier Su’a-Filo, OG, UCLA
32) Seattle Seahawks – Joel Bitonio, OG, Nevada
– ROUND 2 –
33) Houston Texans – Dee Ford, DE/OLB, Auburn
34) Washington Redskins – Lamarcus Joyner, CB/S, Florida State
35) Cleveland Browns – Carlos Hyde, HB, Ohio State
36) Oakland Raiders – Ra’Shede Hageman, DT, Minnesota
37) Atlanta Falcons – Morgan Moses, OT, Virginia
38) Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Jmmy Garoppolo, QB, Eastern Illinois
39) Jacksonville Jaguars – Tree Mason, HB, Auburn
40) Minnesota Vikings – Jason Verrett, CB, TCU
41) Buffalo Bills – Jace Amaro, TE, Texas Tech
42) Tennessee Titans – Jeremy Hill, HB, LSU
43) New York Giants – Kyle Van Noy, OLB, BYU
44) St. Louis Rams – Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt
45) Detroit Lions – Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State
46) Pittsburgh Steelers – Stephon Tuitt, DT, Notre Dame
47) Dallas Cowboys – Jeremiah Attaochu, DE/OLB, Georgia Tech
48) Baltimore Ravens – Jmmie Ward, S, Northern Illinois
49) New York Jets – Donte Moncrief, WR, Mississippi
50) Miami Dolphins – Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama
51) Chicago Bears – Louis Nix III, DT, Notre Dame
52) Arizona Cardinals – Deone Bucannon, S, Washington State
53) Green Bay Packers – Terrence Brooks, S, Florida State
54) Philadelphia Eagles – Trent Murphy, DE/OLB, Stanford
55) Cincinnati Bengals – Marcus Roberson, CB, Florida
56) San Francisco 49ers [from Kansas City] – Phillip Gaines, CB, Rice
57) San Diego Chargers – DaQuan Jones, DT, Penn State
58) New Orleans Saints – Chris Borland, LB, Wisconsin
59) Indianapolis Colts – Dion Bailey, S, USC
60) Carolina Panthers – JaWuan James, OT, Tennessee
61) San Francisco 49ers – Weston Richburg, C/OG, Colorado State
62) New England Patriots – David Yankey, OG, Stanford
63) Denver Broncos – Davante Adams, WR, Fresno State
64) Seattle Seahawks – Dominique Easley, DT, Florida
– ROUND 3 –
65) Houston Texans – Shayne Skov, LB, Stanford
66) Washington Redskins – Antonio Richardson, OT, Tennessee
67) Oakland Raiders – Jarvis Landry, WR, LSU
68) Atlanta Falcons – Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame
69) Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Ego Ferguson, DT, LSU
70) Jacksonville Jaguars – Cyril Richardson, OG, Baylor
71) Cleveland Browns – Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi State
72) Minnesota Vikings – Tom Savage, QB, Pittsburgh
73) Buffalo Bills – Scott Crichton, DE, Oregon State
74) New York Giant – C.J. Fiedorowicz, TE, Iowa
75) St. Louis Rams – Dakota Dozier, OG, Furman
76) Detroit Lions – Telvin Smith, LB, Florida State
77) San Francisco 49ers [from Tennessee] – Trevor Reilly, DE/OLB, Utah
78) Dallas Cowboys – Carl Bradford, LB, Arizona State
79) Baltimore Ravens – Allen Robinson, WR, Penn State
80) New York Jets – Keith McGill, CB, Utah
81) Miami Dolphins – Jordan Zumwalt, LB, UCLA
82) Chicago Bears – Jordan Tripp, LB, Montana
83) Cleveland Browns [from Pittsburgh] – Preston Brown, LB, Louisville
84) Arizona Cardinals – Zach Mettenberger, QB, LSU
85) Green Bay Packers – Marcus Martin, C/OG, USC
86) Philadelphia Eagles – Paul Richardson, WR, Colorado
87) Kansas City Chiefs – Travis Swanson, C/OG, Arkansas
88) Cincinnati Bengals – Kareem Martin, DE, UNC
89) San Diego Chargers – Craig Loston, S, LSU
90) Indianapolis Colts – Bashaud Breeland, CB, Clemson
91) New Orleans Saint – Bishop Sankey, HB, Washington
92) Carolina Panthers – Pierre Desir, CB, Lindenwood
93) New England Patriots – Justin Ellis, DT, Louisiana Tech
94) San Francisco 49ers – Kelcy Quarles, DT, South Carolina
95) Denver Broncos – Will Sutton, DT, Arizona State
96) Minnesota Vikings [from Seattle] – James Gayle, DE, Virginia Tech
97) *Pittsburgh Steelers – Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana
98) *Green Bay Packers – Marcus Smith, DE/OLB, Louisville
99) *Baltimore Ravens – Terrance West, HB, Towson
100) *San Francisco 49ers – Jackson Jeffcoat, DE/OLB, Texas